In a Thicket
5.9
Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the story starts with a detective trying to unravel the story of a man and a woman encountering a bandit-rapist in the woods, but the real story keeps turning out to be unfathomable as layer upon layer of strange motives and events keep turning up.
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Cast
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Shunsuke Matsuoka
Known for
Freeze Me
Kaori Sakagami
Masago
Known for
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Hisayasu Satô
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Masayuki Ichimura
Shigeki Hosokawa
Known for
Death Note
Kamen Rider
Koji Endo
Takashi Natori
Akio Motojima
Hitomi Shiraishi
Also in
Night of Body's Model
The Bondage Master
Nobutake Kamiya
Zeeko Uchiyama
Known for
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
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Hisayasu Satō Director · Takashi Natori Screenplay Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Story
First release May 18, 1996 · Produced in Japan · Original title 藪の中
Production
Image Factory IM Co. Ltd.
Production · Distribution
Japan
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Original title
藪の中
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 18, 1996
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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